Meanings of minor planet names: 257001–258000

257001–257100

 * -id=005
 * 257005 Arpadpal || || Árpád Pál [ro] (1929–2006), a Romanian astronomer and professor at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. || ·
 * -id=084
 * 257084 Joanalcover || || Joan Alcover y Maspons (1854–1926), a Spanish Balearic poet, essayist and politician. ||
 * }

257101–257200

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257201–257300

 * -id=211
 * 257211 Kulizoli || || Zoltán Kuli (born 1977), a Hungarian physicist, amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He is the head of the technical department at Konkoly Observatory and was instrumental in installing a large CCD-camera on the Schmidt telescope at the Piszkéstető Station near Budapest. || ·
 * -id=212
 * 257212 Rózsahegyi || || Márton Rózsahegyi (born 1979), a Hungarian environmental researcher, science communicator and amateur astronomer, who was instrumental in installing a wide field-of-view camera on the Schmidt telescope at Piszkéstető Station. || ·
 * -id=234
 * 257234 Güntherkurtze || || Günther Kurtze (1921–1986), a physicist and professor of acoustics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany || ·
 * -id=248
 * 257248 Chouchiehlun || || Jay Chou (born 1979) is one of the most famous musicians in Asia || ·
 * -id=261
 * 257261 Ovechkin || || Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985), a Russian ice-hockey winger who began his career with the Dynamo Moscow || ·
 * -id=296
 * 257296 Jessicaamy || || Jessica Amy Todd (born 1994), daughter of the Australian discoverer Michael Todd || ·
 * }

257301–257400

 * -id=336
 * 257336 Noeliasanchez || || Noelia Sanchez (born 1975) is an aeronautical engineer and co-founder of the DEIMOS space company, where she works as Head of the Space Situational Awareness Division for NEO and Space Debris. || ·
 * -id=371
 * 257371 Miguelbello || || Miguel Bello (born 1961), the founder and CEO of the DEIMOS space company. || ·
 * }

257401–257500

 * -id=439
 * 257439 Peppeprosperini || || Giuseppe Prosperini (1937–2005), an Italian amateur astronomer, observer of lunar and minor-planet occultations, and a co-founder of the Frasso Sabino Observatory || ·
 * }

257501–257600

 * -id=515
 * 257515 Zapperudi || || Rudolf Zappe (born 1928), a longtime member of the "Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft" || ·
 * -id=533
 * 257533 Iquique || || Iquique, a port city in northern Chile || ·
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257601–257700

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257701–257800

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 * colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range
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257801–257900

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 * colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range
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257901–258000

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 * colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range
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